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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
District Court Rebuffs Challenge to Private Securities Regulator
The D.C. District ruled that a securities firm failed to show that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority was likely unconstitutional. The court denied the firm's motion for a temporary restraining…
Cleary Securities, Disclosure, and Governance Watch
Nasdaq and NYSE Propose October 2, 2023 as Effective Date in Amendments to its Proposed Clawback Listing Standards
By Michael J. Albano, Ariel Adler
[Note: This post has been updated to reflect the SEC’s approval of the Nasdaq and NYSE amendments.] On Friday, June 9, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved,…
Corporate & Securities Law Blog
United States Supreme Court Holds That Section 11 Plaintiffs Must Purchase Securities Issued Under the Registration Statement They Seek to Challenge
In Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani, No. 22-200, 2023 U.S. LEXIS 2301 (U.S. June 1, 2023), the Supreme Court of the United States (Gorsuch, J.) held that Section 11 of…
Securities Law Prof Blog
New Securities Law Article in Print
The following law review article relating to securities regulation is now available in paper format:Zev G. Beeber, Democratizing Opportunities to "Invest in What You Know": A Proposal to Expand Access…
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
SEC Files Desist & Refrain Order Against Coinbase Alleging Failure To Qualify Staking Rewards Program
Yesterday, the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation announced that it had issued a desist and refrain order against Coinbase, Inc. The order alleges that Coinbase's staking rewards…
Supreme Court Update
Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 174 (No. 21-1449), Slack Technologies v. Pirani (No. 22-200), United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. (No. 21-1326)
By Wiggin and Dana, Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
Three more decisions on Thursday as the Court nears the final push of OT22. Though the cases held differing political valences, each essentially clarified the standard for stating various claims…
Media Law Prof Blog
Norton on What 21st-Century Free Speech Law Means for Securities Regulation @ColoLaw @NotreDameLRev
Helen L. Norton, University of Colorado Law School, is publishing What 21st-Century Free Speech Law Means for Securities Regulation in volume 99 of the Notre Dame Law Review. Here is…
The Securities Law Blog
SEC Files 13 Charges Against Binance Entities and Founder Changpeng Zhao
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Binance Holdings Ltd. (“Binance”), which operates the largest crypto asset trading platform in the world, Binance.com; U.S.-based affiliate, BAM Trading Services Inc. (“BAM…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Inigo’s 2023 Defense Counsel Survey
In the following guest post, Ed Whitworth, the Head of Directors and Officers Liability at Inigo, and Yera Patel, Head of Casualty & Financial Lines Claims and Analytics for Inigo,…
Life Sciences Perspectives
Webinar: 2022-2023 Key Trends and Updates: Securities Litigation Against Life Sciences Companies
By Securities Litigation Group
Publicly traded life sciences companies continue to be the primary target of the plaintiffs’ bar, facing far more securities class action lawsuits compared to other sectors. What does this mean…